Category: florists

Watch out for Romance Scams This Valentine’s Day

Australians are urged to keep an eye out for dating and romance scams this Valentine’s Day after there was a record high of $56 million (US$40 million) in reported losses to Scamwatch in 2021, an increase of 44 percent. But the full extent of losses to romance scams is much higher, as Scamwatch’s internal research…


Covid’s impact on flower dealers and the lingering effects on the cut-flower industry

How COVID-19 affected the cut-flower industry, and the ways it adapted to the pandemic to stay in business, so we could still buy fresh Spring and Summer blooms. Despite the hardships that COVID-19 presented to us – the drastic pauses and changes –the gardening world wasn’t that affected. Apparently, the pandemic’s isolation methods resulted in…